February 16, 2017
UAE: Academic Facing Speech Charges
Nasser bin Ghaith Has Spent 18 months in Pre-Trial Detention
![Nasser bin Ghaith at his home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 30, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtr2uny4_layout_comp.jpg?itok=nUz3A_2M)
February 16, 2017
Iraq: Looting, Destruction by Forces Fighting ISIS
No Apparent Military Necessity for Home Demolitions
![• Map of recently constructed security network and building demolition in the villages of Khoytlah, Mashirafat al-Jisr, and Ashwa between December 2016 and February 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/iraq0217_damage_map-01_003_0.jpg?itok=vV3i8a2Q)
February 16, 2017
Yemen: Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrike Near School
2 Students, Administrator Killed; 3 Children Wounded
![The informal gas station in Bani Mea’asar village after it was hit by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on January 10, 2017. The attack killed two students and a school administrator and wounded three children. Mwatana, a leading Yemeni human rights organiz](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/1_3.jpg?itok=ve-Bg5vL)
February 16, 2017
Central African Republic: Executions by Rebel Group
Murder of 32 Civilians, Captured Fighters
![Children from Bakala in a displacement camp in Grimali, Central African Republic, January 24, 2017. Approximately 10,000 people have fled fighting between the UPC and the FPRC in Ouaka province since late November 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/hrw_-_bakala-6.jpg?itok=JLm3HZ_4)
February 16, 2017
Uzbekistan: ILO Report Confirms Forced Labor
But Government Role Undermined Research
February 15, 2017
Ecuador’s Choice
![Supporters wearing masks depicting Guillermo Lasso and Andres Paez, presidential and vice-presidential candidates from the CREO party, attend an election rally in Quito, Ecuador on February 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017_02_15_ecuador_op-ed_final.jpg?itok=lB8nkjQs)
February 15, 2017
Canada to Report on Progress Towards Ending Water Crisis in First Nations
“Hard Targets” to End Boil-Water Advisories for Many Indigenous People
![Roxanne Moonias, mother to an infant with a chronic illness, demonstrates one of the steps she takes to ensure her baby is not exposed to contaminants in the water. Roxanne lives in Neskantaga First Nation and says that it takes her an hour each time to p](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/img_3672.jpg?itok=tynStutU)
February 15, 2017
Recipients of DACA Unsure of Their Futures
Uncertainty Regarding Trump’s Position Leaves Families in Limbo
![People gather for a press conference and march to launch a community defense and “Hate-Free Zone” in Brooklyn, New York, January 25, 2017. Kazi Fouzia, a community organizer at DRUM, reading a handout at a rally organized by DRUM in Brooklyn](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-united-states-daca-dream.jpg?itok=BWaP0g9D)
February 15, 2017
Tanzania Policy of Kicking Pregnant Girls out of School is Shameful
![More than 120 Form II students prepare to sit their mock exams in a secondary school in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-crd-tanzania-photo-01.jpg?itok=Wfw770bz)
February 15, 2017
Trump Should Press Netanyahu on Settlements
If Friedman Endorses Settlements, Congress Should Oppose His Nomination for Ambassador to Israel
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) stands next to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during their meeting in New York, September 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-united-states-israel-mena-netanyahu-trump.jpg?itok=oDD8PoRB)
February 15, 2017
Bangladesh: Stop Persecuting Unions, Garment Workers
Brands Should Make Binding Commitments to Protect Freedom of Association
![Bangladesh police stand guard in front of garment factories in Ashulia on December 26, 2016, when factories re-opened after a five-day shut down in response to garment workers’ wage strikes.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/bangladesh_garment_protests-_february_2017.jpg?itok=ubNPly6G)
February 15, 2017
EU must tackle Poland's bad behaviour
February 15, 2017
The U.S. Does Not Shortchange Christian Refugees
![2015-eca-eu-refugees-reception-6](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-eca-eu-refugees-reception-6.jpg?itok=qw5iJjQ6)
![Russian activist protesting decriminalization of domestic violence in front of Russia’s state parliament building.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/photo_1.jpg?itok=mxtLcoDH)